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Use of English — UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz

Are you ready to take on the UNILORIN Post UTME Screening? Challenge yourself and assess your knowledge with this Use of English UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz.

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2 years ago

January 25, 2023

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As a potential student at the University of Ilorin, one of the most competitive universities in Nigeria, it is important to understand the requirements and challenges of the admission process.

As you already know, the Use of English is one of the four subjects set for UNILORIN Post UTME Screening every year. These are random questions from the official UNILORIN Post UTME Past Questions and Answers.

The aim of this quiz is to test and challenge your knowledge. Additionally, this quiz will help you revise and practice for the forthcoming 2022/2023 UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening, which qualifies you for admission into the university.

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You will be randomly asked 50 standard UNILORIN Post UTME Questions (Use of English). You are to answer every question within 30 minutes. Are you ready? Click the START button below to begin. Good Luck!!!

NOTE: You can retake this quiz as many times as necessary until you achieve a 100% score.

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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

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Use of English Quiz

Once you click the START button, you will be presented with 50 Use of English questions from UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening. You are to attempt every question within 30 minutes. Note that questions are randomly generated each time you attempt the quiz so feel free to retake the quiz as many times as possible to get new questions.

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1. The brevity of the first message contracts with the…….of the second message

a) integrity

b) verbosity

c) moral

d) shortness

2 / 50

2. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The suit's popularity is beginning to decline

a) wane

b) disappear

c) Change

d) Slide

3 / 50

3. In the question below, choose the expression which best completes each sentence

The student who went home without an exeat has apologized….. his misconduct

a) about

b) On

c) at

d) For

4 / 50

4. He got the job and suddenly became swollen headed means …..…?

a) The job made him wealthy

b) The job made him a big man

c) The job is full of hazards

d) The job made him become proud

5 / 50

5. Femi is very Presumptuous whereas his friend is ………..

a) pompous

b) kind

c) proud

d) modest

6 / 50

6. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Finally, I assured him that I would not go back on my word.

a) return to a certain word when reading

b) Return to a place

c) fail to keep my promise

d) Re-use my word

7 / 50

7. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The presence of security men in the area will provide a moment of respite for the residents.

a) soothing relaxation.

b) Enduring reprieve

c) lasting security

d) temporary relief

8 / 50

8. NEAREST IN MEANING

He went through the fire before he qualified as a doctor

a) suffered a lot

b) required a lot of fire

c) Had a fire acciden

d) made a lot of fire

9 / 50

9. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

Though he is our elected representative, he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems.

a) He takes a sickly view of our problems

b) He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems

c) He takes a rather hazy view of our problems

d) He takes a rather forceful view of our problems

10 / 50

10. Which of the following is wrong?

a) Plane crash

b) Ship wreck

c) Boat sink

d) Car accident

11 / 50

11. Wise is to Foolish as Vein is to

a) modest

b) proud

c) pretty

d) conceit

12 / 50

12. Sentence is to Paragraph as Word is to

a) phase

b) paragraph

c) sentence

d) letter

13 / 50

13. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The statement was ambiguous that it had two meanings.

a) Simple

b) Sensible

c) Clear

d) Vague

14 / 50

14. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: ASTONISH

a) attack

b) sensible

c) surprise

d) asunder

15 / 50

15. Humility is a virtue while ................ can be regarded as a vice

a) curiosity

b) proud

c) position

d) pride

16 / 50

16. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The new school is not provided with... for science practical.

a) enough equipment

b) equipment

c) enough equipments

d) An equipment

17 / 50

17. Nearest in meaning

My father was at the apogee of his career when he was retired

a) Terminal point

b) highest point

c) least productive stage

d) redundant stage

18 / 50

18. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The man was able to persuade his wilful and obstinate daughter to follow the career he chose for her.

a) Intelligent but arrogant

b) hardworking and intelligent

c) unyielding and obdurate

d) obscure and odious.

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19. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

If he were here it could be more fun.

a) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun

b) There was no fun because he was not present

c) He was being expected to supply more fun

d) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion.

20 / 50

20. They waited in a state of feverish anxiety...... their mother to come home.

a) for

b) until

c) to

d) till

21 / 50

21. President Jonathan’s speech..............at 9pm yesterday

a) was broadcasted

b) was broadcast

c) had being broadcast

d) had been broadcast

22 / 50

22. “I challenge the public to put teeth into the law” means..................

a) to council the law

b) to activate the law

c) to reject the law

d) to review the law

23 / 50

23. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The discussion became animated.

a) Intellectual

b) Specialized

c) lively

d) unruly

24 / 50

24. Her younger sister likes conservative hair style but her cousin prefers………..hairstyle

a) modern

b) magnanimous

c) new

d) modest

25 / 50

25. Nearest in meaning

The party's gathering was thrown into a state of euphoria after the election result was announced

a) confusion

b) Pleasure

c) Sadness

d) excitement

26 / 50

26. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: MISERABLE

a) wretched

b) mischief

c) wicked

d) mistake

27 / 50

27. Choose a word opposite in meaning: LIBERTY

a) captivity

b) freedom

c) stadium

d) guilty

28 / 50

28. Battering involves..............one’s wife

a) kissing

b) carrying

c) caring

d) beating

29 / 50

29. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: FEEBLE

a) Strong

b) little

c) Weak

d) tired

30 / 50

30. In the question below, choose the expression which best completes each sentence

a) The employees should not close early so that they could produce more

b) The employees were not working hard, and so the factory would be closed

c) The factory would be shut if the employees did not increase their output

d) The factory was closed because the employees did not work hard enough

31 / 50

31. Ocean is to Pond as Deep is to

a) lake

b) shallow

c) sea

d) well

32 / 50

32. In the questions below, choose the options NEAREST IN MEANING to the underlined

The meeting was canceled because of the convocation.

a) called off

b) Broken of

c) phased out

d) brought up

33 / 50

33. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The Governor rejected the bill and withheld his….....

a) accent

b) ascent

c) Access

d) Assent

34 / 50

34. NEAREST IN MEANING

Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?

a) give up

b) Clear up

c) call for

d) Account for

35 / 50

35. Choose a word opposite in meaning: SPENDTHRIFT

a) miser

b) happy

c) foolish

d) loan

36 / 50

36. She was the first woman to stand ..........election to parliament.

a) by

b) through

c) to

d) for

37 / 50

37. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Pot

a) word

b) Port

c) what

d) Correct

38 / 50

38. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways

a) pompous

b) Miserly

c) Beggarly

d) sordid

39 / 50

39. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

EDUCATION

a) conjectural

b) elaborate

c) Economics

d) Duplicity

40 / 50

40. Choose the one that has the correct stress

Laboratory

a) la-BOR-a-tory

b) la-bor-a-TORY

c) LA-bor-a-tory

d) la-bor-A-tory

41 / 50

41. I have always believed that my mother is a very impassioned woman

a) Impartial

b) emotional

c) emotive

d) Impassive

42 / 50

42. It is right to say, switch................or put...................the light subject to the type
of light.

a) of/off

b) off/off

c) out/off

d) off/out

43 / 50

43. The fire destroyed MANY lives.

a) Did the fire destroy the village?

b) Did the fire spare any lives?

c) Did the fire destroy any lives?

d) Did the fire destroy some houses?

44 / 50

44. NEAREST IN MEANING

Our town is so small that we are always meeting our schoolmates accidentally.

a) knocking up

b) Coining across

c) falling into

d) running into

45 / 50

45. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italic

Though David's condition is serious, his life is not in immediate danger.

a) hypertensive

b) Grave

c) Dangerous

d) nasty

46 / 50

46. Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

a) Meet

b) lease

c) lace

d) Deep

47 / 50

47. A group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word in order to change its meaning e.g. ‘’un’’, ‘’anti’’, is ………………?

a) Suffix

b) Antonym

c) Prefix

d) Pronouns

48 / 50

48. Fill each gap with the most
appropriate option from the list
provide

We are all hungry; we... anything to eat since, morning.

a) hadn't had

b) haven't had

c) Never had

d) Didn’t have

49 / 50

49. Choose a word opposite in meaning: DISSENT

a) indissent

b) undissent

c) assent

d) dissent

50 / 50

50. Stint is the opposite of

a) Splint

b) Surfeit

c) Prolix

d) Meticulous

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